# CENTAUR INSURANCE COMPANY (SHARON STEEL FACILITY)
> **Judicial** · FY2013 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3400165604`
- **Case Number:** 03-2013-7018
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
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- **Compliance action $:** —
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## Defendants
- CENTAUR INSURANCE COMPANY (complaint)
## Summary

On November 17, 2017, DOJ submitted a Proof of Claim (POC) in the Receivership Action of the Centaur Insurance Company (Centaur), Case Number 87 CH 8615, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, which includes Region III�s claims for the Avtex Fibers, Inc. Superfund Site in Front Royal,  Virginia, and the Sharon Steel Corp. (Farrell Works Disposal Area) Superfund Site in Hermitage, Pennsylvania; these claims, if successful, will provide funding for EPA�s past and future response actions, including ongoing cleanups of soil and/or groundwater contamination at the Sites.  The claims arise out of excess liability insurance policies issued by Centaur to Avtex Fibers, Inc. and Sharon Steel Corporation, both bankrupt former owner/operators of their respective Sites.

EPA has incurred, and will continue to incur, response costs in implementing response actions at the Sites, with total costs estimated at approximately $136.6 million for the Avtex Fibers Site and approximately $48.6 million for the Sharon Steel Farrell Works Site. The claims asserted in the POC are for the full property damage limits of the Centaur policies issued to Avtex Fibers and Sharon Steel, i.e., $10 million and $500,000, respectively, subject to Centaur�s coverage defenses. This is a direct implementation claim for the federal government which arises under the Illinois receivership statute and the Federal Priorities Act. 

The United States previously settled claims in this Receivership Action under a 

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